McCaig, Colin - The Postal History and Handstamps of British West AfricaPublisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1978.Paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, in Very Good condition.A useful general study of the postal history of each of the West African colonies - The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Northern and Southern Nigeria, Niger Territories, Oil Rivers, Lagos, and Fernando Po. Very well illustrated in black & white. Out of print and scarce.

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Ince, Jack and Sacher, John - The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region prior to 1914including the British Consular Post Office in Fernando PoPublisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1992.Large hardback, dustwrapper, xix + 556 pages + xvi colour plates, errata page loosely inserted, dustwrapper in Poor condition - several tears with loss of some small pieces and spotting to verso, very slight bend to the covers, slight dusty marks to the page-edges, contents clean, a Good working copy.Huge work covering the stamps, postal history, and postal markings of Fernando Po, Lagos, Niger Territories, British Protectorates of the Oil Rivers and Niger Coast, Northern Nigeria, and Southern Nigeria. Very well illustrated. Out of print.

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Proud, E.B. - The Postal History of NigeriaPublisher: Proud-Bailey Co., 1995.First edition, hardback, original red cloth (no dustwrapper), illustrated, 888 pages, minimal signs of use else in Very Good condition.A large volume in the series of Proud British Empire postal history handbooks. With the author's usual combination of fascinating background information, reprinting of postal documents, and thorough listing, illustrating and valuation of the postal markings. Very well illustrated with postmark illustrations, and photographs.

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Priddy, Barbara (editor) - West African AirmailsThe McCaig and Porter CollectionsPublisher: West Africa Study Circle, UK, 2002.First edition, large format (A4) hardback, original blue cloth binding with gold title to spine, illustrated, 168 pages, in Very Good condition.An excellent work which reproduces (mainly in back & white) pages from the McCaig and Porter collections along with an Introduction by the editor, maps and several pages of colour illustrations.

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Nankivell, Edward J. and Melville, Fred J. (editor) - Niger Coast ProtectoratePublisher: Baldwin, Tunbridge Wells, nd [1909]."The Postage Stamp" Handbooks III. Paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, ex-Huddersfield Philatelic Society with their inkstamp to front cover and to title-page, labels to spine and inside front cover, short tears to covers at head and foot of spine, few short tears to edges of covers, in Fair to Good condition.Very scarce.